Suspended For Myspace Group Name

mflevity
Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:27:34 +0000

A few years ago, some guys made a Facebook group using fake profiles listing many (or possibly all; I never saw it) of the junior girls, followed by crude and/or offensive comments. They got suspended for a week after several kids printed the list and brought it to school.

As I understand it, their parents then hired big-shot lawyers to “sit down” with school administrators. The suspension was removed from their permanent records. Justifiably? You decide.

Personally, I think that if the school admins are going to act, they should stand by their action and set a solid precedent for future cases like this. Otherwise, their message is, “You can do whatever you want outside of school, and enjoy a weeklong vacation besides, as long as your parents can shell out a ton of money to save you from the bad, bad assistant principals.”